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"Sell it? Why didn't the Ancient Mariner sell his albatross and take a nice little trip around the world on the proceeds? Mother…" />
"Sell it? Why didn't the Ancient Mariner sell his albatross and take a nice little trip around the world on the proceeds? Mother…" />
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Master of the Vineyard

Master of the Vineyard

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Number of Chapters: 25

Length: 08 hours and 09 minutes

Language: English

"Why don't you sell the vineyard?" she asked, though her heart sank at the mere suggestion.

"Sell it? Why didn't the Ancient Mariner sell his albatross and take a nice little trip around the world on the proceeds? Mother would die of a broken heart if I mentioned it to her. The Marsh family have been the slaves of that vineyard since the first mistaken ancestor went into the grape business. We've fertilised it, pruned it, protected it, tied it up, sat up nights with it, fanned the insects away from it, hired people to pick the fruit and pack it, fed the people, entertained them, sent presents to their wives and children—we've done everything! And what have we had for it? Only a very moderate living, all the grapes we could eat, and a few bottles of musty old wine.

"Mother, of course, has very little to do with it, and, to her, it has come to represent some sort of entailed possession that becomes more sacred every year. It's a family heirloom, like a title, or some very old and valuable piece of jewelry. Other people have family plate and family traditions, but we've got a vineyard, or, to speak more truthfully, it has us."

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The Hill of the Muses (Celine Major)
Brown Alpaca (Celine Major)
The Crystal Ball (Celine Major)
April's Sun (Celine Major)
The House of the Broken Heart (Celine Major)
More Stately Mansions (Celine Major)
A Letter and a Guest (Celine Major)
'Whom God Hath Joined' (Celine Major)
A Spring Day (Celine Major)
A Little Brown Mouse (Celine Major)
The Hour of the Turning Night (Celine Major)
Asking - Not Answer (Celine Major)
The Stain of the Rose (Celine Major)
The Light Before a Shrine (Celine Major)
The Inlaid Box (Celine Major)
One Little Hour (Celine Major)
The Last Tryst (Celine Major)
Starbreak (Celine Major)
If Love Were All (Celine Major)
'The Lady Traveller' (Celine Major)
The Weaving of the Tapestry (Celine Major)
Each to His Own Work (Celine Major)
Betrothal (Celine Major)
The Minister's Call (Celine Major)
A Wedding (Celine Major)
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